Next Coordinating Meeting Tuesday February 18, 2020 @ 6pm

Our next CCGA coordinating meeting is Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 6pm at Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N Sacramento. We will meet in the second floor classroom, and there is parking behind the building. As always, try and bring a snack or drink…

Garden Story: Meet the Goethe Solutionaries – gardeners running for food justice!

Garden Story: Meet the Goethe Solutionaries – gardeners running for food justice!

It’s the time of year again when the Goethe Solutionaries garden program stewarded by CCGA gardener Huu Nguyen holds a fundraising run, this year is its third! Two young people, Jaci and Kaila, are each running a mile to help raise funds for the program. The…

In the Garden: Small wildlife, pollinators and people co-exist in a delicate balance

In the Garden: Small wildlife, pollinators and people co-exist in a delicate balance

It was all over the internet. In early October, every major news organization reported it and one simple search yielded 8,000 results. The study, Decline of the North American Avifauna, reported that across the United States and Canada some “3 billion fewer birds have been…

Do you know a great place to hold the 2020 Annual Gardeners Conference?

We’d love to hear about it! Submit any recommendations to the communications team along with a contact person if possible. Keep in mind that the location will need to hold at least 200 people and be suitable for several concurrent workshops. Do you want to…

Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards Presentations 2019

Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards Presentations 2019

On Saturday, October 12, city-wide gardeners gathered at the historic Austin Town Hall Park and Cultural Center for the presentation of the 3rd Annual Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards. This year, the garden entrants represented 43 wards in 76 neighborhoods! CCGA is one of the many…

After Registration, Free Plants? WHAT’S THE CATCH?

After Registration, Free Plants? WHAT’S THE CATCH?

There’s never been one with CCGA Resources. It’s quite a challenge, and this team has done distributions so well, so successfully, with such attention to detail and advance planning, and still they do it. The generosity of growers donating so much material has a lot…

Catching up better late than never with Chef  Fresh

Catching up better late than never with Chef Fresh

  August 3rd, saw Chef Fresh, who may be the most creative person CCGA has ever seen in a “kitchen classroom” create an hour or two of culinary magic with a pasta making workshop. CCGA Education Committee and Chef created a kitchen out of space…

Garden “Fresh” Pasta – A DIY Pasta Making Workshop with Chef Fresh on August 3, 2019

Garden “Fresh” Pasta – A DIY Pasta Making Workshop with Chef Fresh on August 3, 2019

  If you’re a fan of pasta, you’ll be an even bigger fan of pasta that you’ve made YOURSELF! In this class, we’ll make a few delicious types of pasta that are fun and easy to replicate at home. You may never want to buy…

CCGA Coordinating Meeting – Wednesday, May 29th, 6:00pm

The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Wednesday May 29, 2019 at 6:00pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. We will meet on the 2nd floor and there is parking behind the building and as always try and bring…

CCGA Resources Provide Plants to Over 100 Gardens!

CCGA Resources Provide Plants to Over 100 Gardens!

According to Windy City Harvest our growing season here is 204 days long and to help get things going our CCGA Resources Team grew 8000 vegetable starts, herbs, and ornamentals in its two greenhouses which were distributed to over 100 community gardens on Saturday May…